That night, Zhao Hongrun invited his cousin Wei Yu's family of five (including a concubine) to Prince Su's Mansion and entertained them warmly.
During this period, he also introduced the female relatives in his house, including Qin Shaojun, who had changed into women's clothes, to his cousin Wei Yu one by one. On the one hand, Wei Yu felt the power and kindness of his cousin, and on the other hand, he also
I felt great pressure.
Mi Jiang, the eldest daughter of Xiong Hao, the king of Runan in the Chu state, and Yingying, the princess of the Qin state. With such a significant marriage, how can Wei Yu not feel a huge increase in pressure?
After dinner, Wei Yu's family of five originally wanted to say goodbye and live in a post house in the city, but Zhao Hongrun persuaded them to stay and invited them to live in a wing in the east courtyard of Prince Su's Mansion.
Of course Wei Yu's wives and concubines were happy. After all, they also understood the power and status of Mr. Zhao Hongrun in Daliang. If they could be related to Mr. Wei, their family would naturally be safe in Daliang.
It's just that Wei Yu's mood is a little complicated.
After gradually getting to know this cousin's character and conduct, Wei Yu must admit that this is a relative worthy of close friendship, but for some reasons, Wei Yu actually does not want to get too close to this cousin.
After settling Wei Yu's wife and children, Zhao Hongrun invited his cousin Wei Yu alone to have a drink in the garden of the inner courtyard.
Looking at this posture, Wei Yu guessed that this cousin was probably planning to talk to him about something that happened "during the recent war."
Sure enough, after having a drink with each other, Zhao Hongrun licked the wine on his lips and said sincerely: "I deeply regret the disaster that Weiguo suffered during this war. At that time, the King of Nanliang was stationed in Yuanyang and the Suzhou area.
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When explaining this matter, he tried his best to downplay the strategy of "diversion of trouble to the east" by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, who deliberately led the Korean army to Weiguo as a breakthrough. It was not that he had any intention to hide anything for Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang.
However, once this kind of thing is admitted, Wei's image will be greatly affected. Not only will it be criticized by people all over the world, but it will also directly affect the relationship between Wei and Wei.
Therefore, everyone in the imperial court said: Sima Shang, the general of the Korean army, suddenly led his army to attack Weiguo. This was because the strategy of the Korean army had changed, and it was not because of the intentional guidance of the Weiguo.
Even Zhao Hongrun cannot tell the truth casually.
After listening to Zhao Hongrun's explanation, Wei Yu was silent for a moment and asked: "Some of my subordinates told me that the Korean army's attack on our country was intended to use our country as a breakthrough point to attack your country... In other words,
We, our country, have borne this disaster for your country."
Zhao Hongrun was silent when he heard this.
Although Wei Yu pretended to be "said by his subordinates," it is not difficult to guess from his tone that these words were the dissatisfaction Wei Yu himself wanted to express.
Starting decades ago, when Wei and Wei formed an alliance, Weiguo existed as a "buffer zone" for the war between Wei and South Korea.
During that time, the Wei court had been encouraging Wei to retake the old lands north of the river, which are today's Moyi, Qixian and other places. In fact, the Wei court was willing to assist Wei in retaking the old lands free of charge.
The reason is simply that the Wei State hopes to reduce the territory directly bordering South Korea, and does not want the Wei State to have to fight on its own land when South Korea sends troops to attack the Wei State in the future.
Just like the recent wars with South Korea, as the battlefields of Wei's homeland, Hedong County and Hanoi County were almost completely destroyed by the Korean army. This is not a war wound that can be recovered in a short time.
It is no exaggeration to say that the total losses and costs of this war were not as much as the cost of rebuilding Hedong County and Hanoi County.
And if Wei Guo recaptures Mo Yi, Qixian and other places, then there will be a "buffer zone" between Wei Guo and South Korea. Fighting in this area, no matter how fierce the two sides fight, the ground will be destroyed.
No matter how serious it is, the Wei State will not feel sorry for it - because it is the territory of the Wei State, and it is the territory where the Wei people spend energy, manpower and material resources to develop.
But it is a pity that the previous generation of King Wei "Wei Jiu" was quite shrewd. Although he was quite young when he succeeded to the throne, he also saw Wei's "uneasy good intentions" and was not stupid enough to let Wei Guo surrender to Wei Guo.
It blocks wind and rain and serves as the northeastern barrier of Wei State.
The then King of Wei "Wei Jiu" cleverly gave the "sovereignty" of cities such as Moyi and Qixian that had been occupied by South Korea to the State of Wei and to the previous King of Wei, who was Zhao Hongrun's great-grandfather.
"Zhao Chi(chǐ)".
But even so, Wei and Wei still concluded an alliance to "advance and retreat together" at that time. Although Wei's strength was not enough to compete with South Korea, it was an unavoidable help for the weak Wei at the time.
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Having said that, in the era of "King Chi of Wei" and "King of Wei Jiu", Wei and Wei were actually on good terms with each other as equal allies.
A few years later, "King Zhao Chi" of Wei died of old age and passed the throne to Zhao Hongrun's grandfather "Zhao Kang".
"King of Wei Zhao Kang" was not a wise king. In his era, Wei's national power was not advancing but retreating. Even the strongest elite force in the country, "Wei Wujun", was defeated because of Zhao Kang's great achievements.
Dangjun was defeated miserably by South Korea, which led to the Wei state showing signs of decline at that time.
But during this period, Zhao Kang still did something beneficial to Wei, that is, he used Wei's influence to interfere with the crown prince of Wei and supported a young master Wei who was friendly to Wei.
The cause of this incident was that after Wei Wujun was defeated by Shangdang, King Zhao Kang of Wei at that time was afraid that Wei Guo would switch to South Korea after seeing the decline of Wei State's national power, so he strongly asked "Wei Wang Jiu" to send a son to Daliang as a
Proton.
At that time, "King of Wei Jiu" was much wiser than "King of Wei Zhao Kang". He considered that if Wei and Wei were at odds, South Korea would only take advantage of the situation and cause both Wei and Wei to be annexed by South Korea, so he endured the humiliation and agreed.
In response to Zhao Kang's rude request, he selected a son he didn't like very much from among his several sons and sent him to Daliang as a hostage, namely Wei Gongzi Fei.
Unexpectedly, although Wei Gongzi Fei was not talented enough, he knew how to watch people's words and flattery. After arriving in Daliang, he was deeply loved by Wei Wang Zhao Kang.
After waiting for several years, the diligent "King Jiu of Wei" became ill from overwork. Before his death, he was preparing to choose his successor from among his several respected sons. At this time, Fei Gongzi of Wei, who was in Daliang, heard about this and went to the palace to cry.
Ask Zhao Kang to help him.
Therefore, Zhao Kang, who had always liked Wei Gongzi Fei, sent an army to escort Wei Gongzi Fei back to the Kingdom of Wei. After some twists and turns, he helped Wei Gongzi Fei ascend to the position of King Wei, which he is today.
"King Wei Fee".
Since then, the original treaty of equal status between Wei and Wei has gradually "deteriorated". As Wei Wang Zhao Kang's favorite godson, "Wei Wang Fei" was extremely friendly to Wei.
It is said that the Duke of Wei tried to dissuade King Fei of Wei at that time, but King Fei of Wei swore that the Wei people had helped him seize the throne and that the Wei people would not harm him.
Of course, this is actually true. The State of Wei had no intention of harming the State of Wei from the beginning to the end.
However, after King Fei of Wei succeeded to the throne, the relationship between Wei and Wei gradually changed from "brother" to "little brother". However, Zhao Hongrun's father, King Zhao Si of Wei, a powerful monarch of Wei, seized the throne.
Later, the "big brother" and "little brother" relationship between Wei and Wei became more and more stable.
Under the intentional or unintentional guidance of King Zhao Si of Wei, the development of Wei State in some aspects gradually stagnated.
For example, the smelting technology of Weiguo.
At that time, King Fei of Wei said that anyway, the smelting technology of the eldest brother Wei State is much better than ours. If our country develops any iron smelting technology and wastes money, armaments, etc., we should directly control Wei State's purchases.
In this way, gradually, gradually, Weiguo gradually became a vassal of Weiguo - in this case, Weiguo really had no reason to harm Weiguo.
Because there is no threat.
Therefore, some of the actions of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, in this war were actually in conflict with the Wei court and Zhao Yuansi, the king of Wei. However, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, beheaded first and then acted later, and repelled the Korean army for Wei.
, and achieved great military exploits, so Wei Wang Zhao Yuansi and the court had nothing to say.
Afterwards, the State of Wei took the initiative to contact King Fei of Wei, under the banner of "supporting the restoration and construction of Wei State", and expressed his willingness to fund a sum of money and grain to help the State of Wei resume domestic construction, even though King Fei of Wei had previously expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, and Hou Sun of Huzuo.
Mou, Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu and other reinforcements were a little dissatisfied with the behavior of standing by and watching, but this dissatisfaction soon disappeared.
However, Wei Gong Ziyu could not accept this kind of thing.
Because he felt that Wei's attitude towards Wei Guo was becoming more and more "casual", as if Wei Guo, an ally, was no longer dispensable to Wei. This was not a good sign.
In Wei Yu's view, if you want to gain the 'respect' of the Wei State, you must first make the Wei State strong and get rid of the control of the Wei State, just like in the "King Wei Jiu" era.
Therefore, Wei Yu came to Daliang this time, not only for some reasons, but also to see the prosperity of Daliang and see if he could learn anything from it.
By the way, let’s take a look at the attitude of the sons of Wei King Zhao Si towards Wei Guo - although Wei King Zhao Si is quite friendly towards Wei Guo, there is no guarantee that the next Wei King will not have other views on Wei Guo.
What surprised him was that on the first day he arrived in Daliang, he met the most popular among the princes of Wei, Prince Su Zhao Run. Moreover, this prince of Wei seemed to have a good impression of Wei Guo.
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However, during the conversation with His Highness King Su, Wei Yu also clearly sensed the goodwill of this Wei Gongzi towards Wei Guo, just as he had just promised, "In the future, he will definitely try to punish Sun Mou, the Marquis of Hufu, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, and others."
"The promise seems to be based on a condescending height - it cannot be said to be a charity, but it is definitely not an accusation and compensation on an equal footing.
"The arrogance of a great country..."
That night, after Zhao Hongrun and Wei Yu finished their conversation, Wei Yu lay on the bed in the wing room in the east courtyard of Prince Su's Mansion, sighing secretly.
In fact, he had a very good impression of Zhao Hongrun, his cousin. After all, with Zhao Hongrun's current power and status, he could still put down his posture and interact with him on an equal footing without any pretensions. He even called himself his younger brother. In his opinion, this was very
A rare and valuable virtue.
But it is a pity that even this Wei Gongzi, who is both talented and virtuous, has a very subjective attitude when it comes to the relationship between Wei and Wei. Although he keeps saying, "I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter,"
But he didn't mean to ask Wei Yu what kind of explanation he wanted.
It's as if the State of Wei can give an explanation to the State of Wei, which is already very remarkable.